Dartmouth Beats No. 17 Harvard on Dysenchuk's Last-Second
Goal

from press release

HANOVER, N.H. — Sophomore Nikki Dysenchuk
(Darien, Conn.) scored in the last second of regulation to push the
Dartmouth men's lacrosse team past 17th-ranked Harvard, 9-8, on
Saturday at Scully-Fahey Field. It was Dysenchuk's only goal of the
contest and his eighth goal on the season. It improved the Big
Green to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in the Ivy League. The Crimson dropped
to 5-2 overall and 1-1 in the conference. The loss also ended
Harvard's four-game winning streak.

Dartmouth held an 8-6 lead with 3:47 remaining in the game, but
could not stop the late attack by the Crimson. Harvard cut the lead
to one on a goal by Ryan Stevens and then tied the contest on a
man-up goal by Jeff Cohen with 1:16 left in the game.

The Big Green maintained possession for the last shot but missed,
and the ball went out of play with 2.5 seconds left on the clock.
The officials discussed the play and added time to give Dartmouth
4.7 second to try and score. Dysenchuk took the ball from behind
the net and attacked from the right side. He blew past the
defender, and fired a low line drive that beat the goalie as time
expired.

The scoring started quickly in the game with the Big Green netting
a goal seven seconds into the first. After winning the opening face
off, Dartmouth got the ball to junior John DeChiaro (Port Jefferson
Station, N.Y.) who beat Harry Krieger for the first goal. Harvard
responded by scoring two goals in the quarter to take a 2-1 lead
into the second. In the second quarter, the Big Green outscored the
Crimson, 2-1, to push the game to a 3-3 tie heading into halftime.
Dartmouth won the third quarter 3-2, and each team scored three
goals in the final period.

Junior Fergus Campbell (New Canaan, Conn.) slowed down a Harvard
offense that came into the game averaging 12.67 goals per game.
Campbell tied a season high by making 17 saves in the victory.
Campbell earlier this season had 17 saves in a 9-7 victory at
Sacred Heart. Sophomore Chris Costabile (Sykesville, Md.) led the
team with three goals to bring his season total to eight. The only
other player with more than one point was junior Drew Tunney
(Greenwich, Conn.) who had a goal and an assist. In all, seven
different Dartmouth players recorded a goal, including the first
career goal for senior Adam Boardman (Longmeadow, Mass.).

Harvard went 1-for-4 in man-up situations, while the Big Green
went 0-for-1. The Crimson grabbed 37 ground balls compared to 31
for Dartmouth.

The Big Green next play at seventh-ranked Cornell on Sunday, April
3, at 3 p.m.